A 48yearold manman has a maximum heart rate of 156 bpm beats

A 48-year-old manman has a maximum heart rate of 156 bpm (beats per minute). He plans an exercise program so that his heart rate will be between 75% and 90% of his heart rate for at least 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Calculate the desired range of heart beats per minute for this exercise program.

The minimum rate for this exercise program will be how many beats per minute? The maximum rate will be how many beats per minute?

Solution

The maximum hear rate is 156 bpm

Desired rate is 75%-90% of his heart rate

which is between 75% of 156 and 90% of 156

Or,

between 117 bpm and 140.4 bpm

Minimum bpm = 117 and Maximum bpm = 140.4